Six monks from Dza Wonpon Gaden Shedrup Monastery and two women from Dza Wonpo township, Sershul county in Kham Kardze were arrested by the Chinese authorities on September 3 following the previous arrests of 113 Tibetans for keeping pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama or communicating with Tibetans in exile. Details of the detainees are currently not available owing to the strict restrictions imposed on communications in the Tibetan areas.